Monster op Maat = Dutch for Monster on Size, or better said: Custom Made Monster.

I started drawing monsters over ten years ago in college and haven't stopped since. No piece of paper is safe. Happy monsters, sad monsters, sleepy and excited monsters, a monster for every mood.

After becoming an alien (I moved from The Netherlands to the States in 2006), I felt an even stronger bond with the monsters. I learned pottery in my first months of alienship and naturally, after getting a little better at it, I started plopping monsters on mugs too. Finding the potter's studio was one of the best things that happened to me when I arrived here. Many hours of pottery helped me stay grounded as I was finding my way in a new life and culture far away from family and friends. I still need to create regularly, or I will go a little nuts.

The monsters often reflect my state of mind when I created them.

In addition to the monsters, you'll also regularly see items with wiener dogs pop up, the occasional sheep (or Wilmas as I like to call them, since I used to have a pet sheep named Wilma growing up), other critters and carved decorative designs. Recently I started adding text to mugs, and tiles.

Thank you for visiting my shop!
Ena